| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SAY IT IN SPANISH $4,000 (Daily Double): A song often heard in Spanish-speaking countries at Christmastime is this "Sabanero", meaning "My Little Savannah Donkey" Burrito |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $300: Before flowers & bones, the open skies of Texas were one of her early subjects, like the 1917 work "Starlight Night" Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | DIFFERENT SONGS, SAME TITLES $800: Elvis Presley,
Cheap Trick
(Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird) "Surrender" |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | DON'T EAT WITH YOUR HANDS $400: Technology historian Henry Petroski said that little frill on these in the party meatballs probably began as an anti-swallowing warning a toothpick |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | A CATEGORY FULL OF COR(E)YS $1200: Cory Doctorow's somewhat Orwellian look at the near future isn't called "Big" this but "Little" this Brother |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | FOR SWEATER OR WORSE $1,000 (Daily Double): Sweaters that button in front are named for British officer James Thomas Brudenell, the 7th Earl of this Cardigan |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | PEW! PEW! PEW! $3,000 (Daily Double): Derived from the French word for "flea", it's a dark shade of red similar to burnt sienna puce |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | WORLD COINS $1,000 (Daily Double): Though Mount Ararat is in Turkey, this neighboring country issued a 500-dram coin featuring the mountain along with Noah's Ark & a dove Armenia |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | JOHNNY GILBERT'S MUSICAL THEATER AUDITION $400: "Don't worry, little buddy, know this much is true/ Tomorrow is a latter day & I am here for you" The Book of Mormon |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $2000: James Joyce's last book becomes a WHAM! song whose first word is "Jitterbug" Finnegans Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | SHAKE IT OFF $400: Beignets are usually covered with piles of this stuff, so you may want to shake a little off if you don't want a mess powdered sugar |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | THE PROOF $800: This "little neutral" particle got its name in the 1930s, but its existence wasn't proved until the 1950s a neutrino |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | HOPE YOU READ MIDDLEMARCH $400: Of a swamp, a cathedral or a town, it's what Middlemarch is a town |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | TELLING A BEDTIME STORY $500: Her cupboard, bare; she found her dog dead, left to buy a coffin, then found the pup laughing... sounds more like Stephen King Old Mother Hubbard |
| #8638, aired 2022-05-11 | TIMELY TALK $2000: An alcoholic beverage & flowers are in this phrase for a period of prosperity & happiness the days of wine & roses |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | PETS $2,000 (Daily Double): As its very name speaks of sun-kissed islands, don't let this little songbird catch cold a canary |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | LET'S GET SCIENTIFIC $1,800 (Daily Double): Showing great steadfastness in 2021, NASA landed this $2.7 billion rover on Mars, a mere 127 million miles away Perseverance |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | IN MOM'S FREE TIME $600: Tired of little heads going thunk, a daycare staff wanted something to prop kids up; Susan Henderson created this pillow the Boppy |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | REMEMBERING STEPHEN SONDHEIM $400: For "A Little Night Music", not a circus, Sondheim wrote the song "Send In" these, "don't bother, they're here" the clowns |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | "T" FOR... $1600: Seen here, this shell is named for a son of Poseidon a triton |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | MUSIC STUFF $1000: Mark Feld was the original name of this late style icon who joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 with his band T. Rex Marc Bolan |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | "BEAN"s $800: In "Casablanca" Bogie nobly said, "The problems of 3 little people don't amount to" one of these a hill of beans |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | I CAN NAME THAT NO. 1 '80s HIT $200: "Here's a little song I wrote, you might want to sing it note for note" "Don't Worry, Be Happy" |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "T" $400: Don't place your hot dishes directly on the table; put them on this little stand a trivet |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | PRESIDENT & ACCOUNTED FOR $1600: He didn't let a little thing like the military forcing him to quit stop him for long; he was back as Argentina's president in 1973 (Juan) Perón |
| #8234, aired 2020-06-11 | BREAKOUT MOVIE ROLES $400: This actress who captured our hearts as little Gertie in "E.T." Drew Barrymore |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | SHAKESPEARE $5,000 (Daily Double): In "Henry IV, Part 2", Doll Tearsheet calls this knight a "sweet little rogue" Falstaff |
| #8198, aired 2020-04-08 | ARCHITECTURE $1600: It's the type of column from antiquity seen here; we'll help a little by saying it doesn't start with a vowel Doric |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | DON'T DROP THE BALL $2000: The Big Apple drops a ball, but in Manhattan in this Midwest state, "The Little Apple", they drop an apple at midnight Kansas |
| #8088, aired 2019-11-06 | TECH STUFF $800: A busy little bee told us this app isn't just for dating anymore, with Bizz & BFF options Bumble |
| #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | IT'S CRUNCH TIME $400: Here's a plate of the beef type of these fried, rolled Mexican treats. Made 'em myself taquitos |
| #8053, aired 2019-09-18 | REAL-LIFE METAPHORS $400: In "Casablanca", Bogie says "the problems of three little people don't amount to" this a hill of beans |
| #8038, aired 2019-07-17 | WORDS, WORDS, WORDS $800: An elver isn't a little elf but the young of this fish an eel |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | ONE BIG SWAMP $1200: Take a little R & R in this "T & T" country & visit the mangrove channels of its Caroni Swamp Trinidad and Tobago |
| #7998, aired 2019-05-22 | DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK $1600: Shakespeare's Portia says, "How far that little" this "throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world" candle |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | GIVE A LITTLE WHISTLE $600: Her 1944 film debut included the line "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together & blow" Lauren Bacall |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | A LITTLE DRY $1600: In 2001 David Letterman said the drought meant Hooters was having this type of contest a dry T-shirt contest |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $1000: From "T" to shiny "T", it's a small item of little value, especially a piece of jewelry a trinket |
| #7808, aired 2018-07-18 | A LITTLE SCIENCE $1200: We don't love this "L.A." when it makes our muscles burn during exercise lactic acid |
| #7780, aired 2018-06-08 | O YE OF LITTLE FAITH $400: Atheists disavow the existence of a god; these people, from the Greek for "unknowable", say they aren't sure agnostics |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | GENIUSES ARE BORN $2,000 (Daily Double): He was born April 15, 1452, near a little Tuscan town you wouldn't have heard of otherwise Leonardo da Vinci |
| #7740, aired 2018-04-13 | A QUESTION OF FILM $1200: Princess Leia snarkily asks, "Aren't you a little short for" one of these? a stormtrooper |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | IT'S A PLANE $1000: This popular little civilian aircraft made by Piper has been called "the Model T of single-engine planes" the (Piper) Cub |
| #7481, aired 2017-03-06 | A CUTE LITTLE HEDGEHOG $200: A baby hedgehog isn't called a piglet, but this similar-sounding word a hoglet |
| #7467, aired 2017-02-14 | GET A JOB! $1600: Put in a little O.T. studying & you could be one of these health professionals, an O.T. occupational therapist |
| #7422, aired 2016-12-13 | HOLIDAY DUETS $400: Darius Rucker & Sheryl Crow are among the pairs who have recorded this chilly duet that begins, "I really can't stay" "Baby, It's Cold Outside" |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | COMPLETE THE ORIGINAL STAR WARS LINE $2000: "Aren't you a little short for a ____" stormtrooper |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | 3 LITTLE WORDS $800: It's what you "hate to" do if you can't linger after a meal eat and run |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | IN HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS $1,000 (Daily Double): "The Congress assembles... under the shadow of a great calamity... (the) President... was shot by an anarchist" Theodore Roosevelt |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE $800: You dilute a solution by watering it down; you do this to your pupils, 1 letter different, by making them expand dilate |
| #7302, aired 2016-05-17 | THE CDC SAYS $200: This "isn't just a little rash"; protect your children by making sure they get the rubeola vaccine measles |
| #7283, aired 2016-04-20 | SPACECRAFT TYPES $1000: Like the Cassini around Saturn, this type of spacecraft by definition doesn't land, but circles a planet instead an orbital probe |
| #7192, aired 2015-12-15 | FIRST LINES $200: A classic: "'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents', grumbled Jo, lying on the rug" Little Women |
| #7180, aired 2015-11-27 | DEVICES $800 (Daily Double): This tech product got its name because its buttons were said to resemble little bumps on a certain fruit a BlackBerry |
| #7058, aired 2015-04-29 | "VO"CABULARY $1000: Adjective for a curvaceous woman or anything that gives sensual pleasure voluptuous |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | A LITTLE T & A $400: Processing grates this starch into little grains, still visible in the eventual pudding tapioca |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | A LITTLE T & A $800: The E-flat bass type of this instrument has a fourth valve so you can get extra low a tuba |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | A LITTLE T & A $1200: Tegere, meaning "to cover", gives us this garment worn by the ancient Romans a toga |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | A LITTLE T & A $1600: It's America's most popular farm-raised fish tilapia |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | A LITTLE T & A $2000: Silk can be woven into many fabrics, including this one whose name is from the Persian for "to spin" taffeta |
| #6905, aired 2014-09-26 | GENERAL SCIENCE $1000: Fog doesn't come on little cat feet, but it can come on one of these 7-letter low-level clouds a stratus cloud |
| #6859, aired 2014-06-12 | OTHER LINES TO SING THE KIDS $800: "And if that Billy goat won't pull, papa's gonna buy you a cart & bull" "Hush, Little Baby" |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | LONG WALKS ON THE BEACH $800: For a little R&R in T&T, this country, head to Pigeon Point, one of the world's 100 best beaches, according to CNN Trinidad and Tobago |
| #6811, aired 2014-04-07 | BORN TO BE WILD $1200: He doesn't look like much yet, but this little fellow could grow up to get his picture on the back of a quarter someday bald eagle |
| #6806, aired 2014-03-31 | A SPACE ODDITY $800: Astronaut Chris Hadfield revealed they don't do laundry in space, they eject old clothes & this happens to them they burn on re-entry |
| #6805, aired 2014-03-28 | HANDLING SOME T-N-T $600: An object of little value, like a small piece of jewelry a trinket |
| #6723, aired 2013-12-04 | AFTER I LOST THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION $2,400 (Daily Double): I helped my wife run for president & later, successfully, for the Senate (Robert) Dole |
| #6693, aired 2013-10-23 | PARLEZ? $1000: Join me for petit dejeuner, won't you? a little breakfast |
| #6636, aired 2013-06-24 | READING BY THE NUMBERS $1200: This author was publicly chastised by Oprah after "A Million Little Pieces" just didn't add up James Frey |
| #6571, aired 2013-03-25 | A LITTLE LATE NIGHT MUSIC $400: June 25, 2010:
This Detroit rapper "Won't Back Down" Eminem |
| #6508, aired 2012-12-26 | A BUNCH OF IDIOMS $400: Beware of this idiom, seen here the wolf in sheep's clothing |
| #6479, aired 2012-11-15 | 2 PEOPLE, SAME POSITION $200: Basketball's Steve Nash, football's Larry Little guard |
| #6466, aired 2012-10-29 | TV $1000: Nathaniel Fisher didn't let a little thing like being killed by a bus stop him from visiting his family on this HBO show Six Feet Under |
| #6420, aired 2012-07-13 | KATHY BATES GONE WILD $400: "I'd like a man to nibble on my ear", croons kimono-clad Kathy in this musical about an orphan Annie |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | PLAY CHARACTERS $800: In "The Tempest" he isn't a little mermaid but a sprite who serves Prospero Ariel |
| #6273, aired 2011-12-21 | PETS IN HISTORY $2000: This little protege of P.T. Barnum led a playful attack on Queen Victoria's poodle after the dog barked at him Tom Thumb |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | A "LITTLE" LEARNING $1200: It was thought the first pulsar discovered might be a signal from E.T.s, so it was called LGM-1, short for these little green men |
| #6250, aired 2011-11-18 | EAT LIKE A HORSE $1000: This protein-rich plant of the pea family is like steak for horses; don't give the little rascals too much of it alfalfa |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | OOO, SORRY $2000: Alexander Pope didn't write "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" but "a little" this "is a dang'rous thing" learning |
| #6215, aired 2011-09-30 | PROHIBITION $1000: This "Little Flower" N.Y. rep. (& later mayor) believed that God would disapprove of prohibition
"And I don't think that he intended the use of grapes to be made into jelly." Fiorello LaGuardia |
| #6196, aired 2011-07-18 | DON'T $1200: Don't kill that old guy in the chariot over a little road rage, Oedipus! He's really this relation! your father |
| #6188, aired 2011-07-06 | WHAT WILL YOU BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? $600: Don't recognize me? I'm this beloved little beetle, still in the larval stage a ladybug |
| #6177, aired 2011-06-21 | NOTHING $1200: In "Casablanca" Rick says, "It doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to" this a hill of beans |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | LITTLE-USED WORDS $1600: An amtrac isn't a train, but a troop-landing vehicle that combines these 2 words amphibious & tractor |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | NOTABLE EDUCATORS $2,000 (Daily Double): This high school teacher was involved in a little trial in Dayton, Tennessee in July 1925 (John T.) Scopes |
| #6087, aired 2011-02-15 | DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT $1200: You just need a little more sun! You don't have this hereditary lack of pigment albinism |
| #6087, aired 2011-02-15 | DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT $1600: You're just a little stiff! You don't have this painful mosquito-borne joint illness with a Swahili name dengue fever |
| #6007, aired 2010-10-26 | I'M HENRY VIII, I AM $600: I always wanted a male heir, but little Ed didn't last long; this "bloody" daughter of mine succeeded him Mary |
| #5985, aired 2010-09-24 | WHO SAID IT, SHAKESPEARE? $600 (Daily Double): "Here's the smell, of the blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand" Lady Macbeth |
| #5945, aired 2010-06-18 | THE SHORT LIST $1000: On film, this actress said, "I am big, it's the pictures that got small", but at barely 5 feet, she wasn't big at all Gloria Swanson |
| #5944, aired 2010-06-17 | THE IRON HORSE $600: Built around 1830, this first U.S. locomotive shared its name with a diminutive P.T. Barnum star Tom Thumb |
| #5934, aired 2010-06-03 | IN THE FRENCH PANTRY $600: For our pizza, we'll need a can of les anchois, these; don't worry about the little bones, they're edible anchovies |
| #5909, aired 2010-04-29 | ROMEO ON THE RADIO $800: If you don't remember this Blue Oyster Cult song that mentions Romeo, maybe a little cowbell will help "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" |
| #5845, aired 2010-01-29 | HOLLYWOOD REMAKES $2000: This 1960 Jack Nicholson-Jonathan Haze movie was remade as a musical in 1986 Little Shop of Horrors |
| #5812, aired 2009-12-15 | MUSICAL NAME ORIGINS $1000: This "Boys Are Back In Town" band was named for a female robot in a comic strip, not from the nickname of the Model T Thin Lizzy |
| #5809, aired 2009-12-10 | U CAN'T TOUCH THIS $400: Good luck, boy-o, gettin' yer hands on one o' these folklore fairies; the word derives from old Irish fer "little body" a leprechaun |
| #5750, aired 2009-09-18 | FATHER TIME $1600: After 12,000 years staring out over New Hampshire, this senior citizen succumbed in 2003 the Old Man of the Mountain |
| #5702, aired 2009-05-26 | LET'S GET I.T. ON $800: This programming language isn't a little worse than "B minus"; it's a 1980s improvement of a language called "Combined" C++ |
| #5700, aired 2009-05-22 | ABSOLUTE ADJECTIVES $200: As is often said, you can't be a little bit this, also called "in a family way" pregnant |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | LET'S TALK CHESS, CHAMPS $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a chessboard.) White can't move his knight, because doing so would expose his king; the knight's said to be stuck to the king with this tactic, named for a pointy little object pinned |
| #5650, aired 2009-03-13 | DESCRIBING THE TV SHOW $200: A plane crashes,
people die (though it doesn't slow some of 'em down much),
much DHARMA but little Greg Lost |
| #5519, aired 2008-09-11 | "FOR" WORDS $2000: From the Latin word for "ant", it's an anthill or nest formicary |
| #5503, aired 2008-07-09 | ART FOR ART'S SAKE $200: Salvador Dali once planned to build a table made entirely of these hard-boiled items "so that it could be eaten" eggs |
| #5456, aired 2008-05-05 | MOVIE DIRECTORS $800: He went from directing the Aaron Burr "got milk" ad to a little film called "Transformers" Michael Bay |
| #5416, aired 2008-03-10 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $400: Let's show her a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T; she's the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Aretha Franklin |
| #5387, aired 2008-01-29 | LITTLE LEAGUE $1600: Kids as young as 5 participate in this version of baseball where you swing at a ball that isn't pitched tee-ball |
| #5360, aired 2007-12-21 | OLD MOVIE QUOTES $400: 1942:
"It doesn't take much to see that the problems of 3 little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world" Casablanca |
| #5348, aired 2007-12-05 | ZOOLOGY $600: Doggone it! A mudpuppy isn't a little doggie but a large one of these amphibians a salamander |
| #5344, aired 2007-11-29 | PULP NURSERY RHYME $800: She was desperate. I said for $50 a day, plus expenses, I'd track down her sheep, even if she didn't know where to find 'em Little Bo Peep |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | U.S. HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): Seen here, he was the earliest president ever to be photographed, & the first to have a middle name John Quincy Adams |
| #5185, aired 2007-03-09 | IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED... $200: His first screen test brought the verdict "Can't act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little" Fred Astaire |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | A LITTLE LIT $800: At first, Jane Austen's heroine Elizabeth doesn't like this man's attitude, but in the end they're united Darcy |
| #5132, aired 2006-12-26 | A "LITTLE" LIT $1600: James Frey's tale of addiction & rehab; turns out it wasn't really nonfiction A Million Little Pieces |
| #5119, aired 2006-12-07 | THOMAS JEFFERSON'S READING LIST $2,500 (Daily Double): In 1771 this man hadn't turned to economics yet, but his "Theory of Moral Sentiments" is recommended Adam Smith |
| #5073, aired 2006-10-04 | POTPOURRI $400: A popular kids' book tells "The True Story of" this trio of oinkers--from the wolf's perspective the Three Little Pigs |
| #5068, aired 2006-09-27 | WEDDINGS $1000: Stephanotis isn't an old boyfriend you invited, it's something found in a formal one of these the bouquet |
| #5042, aired 2006-07-11 | THE GRAMMYS $800: A hit for Judy Collins, this tune from Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" was 1975's Song of the Year "Send In The Clowns" |
| #5038, aired 2006-07-05 | WORLD SERIES MVPs $400: 1967:
Bob Gibson the St. Louis Cardinals |
| #5035, aired 2006-06-30 | PALINDROMIC WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): An important article of religious faith a tenet |
| #5025, aired 2006-06-16 | HUMMINGBIRDS $1000: This species, which shares its name with a steam organ, is North America's smallest bird at around 2 3/4" in length the Calliope hummingbird |
| #4989, aired 2006-04-27 | DOUBLE TALK $1,000 (Daily Double): A classic 1900 book says he "was not gray; he was a little black dog with long, silky hair" Toto |
| #4981, aired 2006-04-17 | POETIC LINES $1600: This "small" title character of a Eugene Field poem told his toy dog & soldier, "and don't you make any noise" Little Boy Blue |
| #4957, aired 2006-03-14 | CHINESE HISTORY $1600: Wei Chung-Hsien dominated the court in the 1620s but couldn't start his own dynasty, as he was one of these a eunuch |
| #4944, aired 2006-02-23 | WHAT'S ON YOUR HEAD? $800: Just because a 15th century woman's hennin was this shape didn't mean she was a dunce a cone |
| #4910, aired 2006-01-06 | IT'S STRICTLY BUSINESS $400: This suntan cream's nat'l ads began in 1953 & featured a little girl & the slogan "Don't be a paleface" Coppertone |
| #4901, aired 2005-12-26 | WHAT'S UP, PEDIATRICIAN? $1000: Thimerosal, a preservative that's 50% this element, has been almost eliminated from vaccines for little ones mercury |
| #4847, aired 2005-10-11 | ENCYCLOPEDIA: BROWN $1600: According to Encyclopedia Britannica, his raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859 made him a martyr to the anti-slavery cause John Brown |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | SONG VERBS $800: Covered in 2004:
"___ A Little Bit" Give |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | THE KING $200: It wasn't the barber who took a little off the top of this English king Charles I |
| #4822, aired 2005-07-19 | YOU DO THE MATH $800: If 5 chickens each lay an egg every Monday, Wednesday & Friday only, it'll take this many weeks to make a 30-egg omelet 2 |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY $400 (Daily Double): Kaliningrad, a small piece of Russian territory, sits between Poland & Lithuania on this sea the Baltic Sea |
| #4712, aired 2005-02-15 | OPERAS BY CHARACTER $400: Dick Deadeye, a sailor;
Admiral Sir Joseph Porter;
Captain Corcoran H.M.S. Pinafore |
| #4683, aired 2005-01-05 | THEY PASSED $800: "American Beauty" might've been a little different if this "Fletch" star hadn't turned down the Kevin Spacey role Chevy Chase |
| #4593, aired 2004-07-21 | THE HOUSES SEARS BUILT $1600: For $11,500 you could purchase plans & materials for this type of building even if it wasn't little or red a schoolhouse |
| #4591, aired 2004-07-19 | GREAT MOMENTS IN TRAVEL $5,000 (Daily Double): In the 1840s, this Englishman began running inexpensive "tours" by getting bulk discounts from railways Thomas Cook |
| #4587, aired 2004-07-13 | A LITTLE BIT OF COUNTRY $800: (Hi, I'm Mark Wills.) In my hit, "Nineteen Something", I sang, "My first love was" this 'Dukes of Hazzard' character "in them cut off jeans" Daisy Duke |
| #4587, aired 2004-07-13 | A LITTLE BIT OF COUNTRY $1600: (Hi. I'm Lorrie Morgan.) In a 1993 hit I asked, "What part of" this "don't you understand, to put it plain and simple I'm not into one night stands" "No" |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | SHIPS $2,000 (Daily Double): On July 24, 1969 the U.S.S. Hornet was in the Pacific waiting for these men the crew of Apollo 11 |
| #4492, aired 2004-03-02 | GO WEST $600: Stage robber Black Bart, known for leaving these behind at the scene of the crime, only really did it twice little poems |
| #4467, aired 2004-01-27 | AT THE BALLPARK $400: It may be found in a program, little diamonds appear all over it & "you can't tell the players without" it the scorecard |
| #4426, aired 2003-12-01 | 3 LITTLE WORDS $200: Weems' biography of George Washington contains the quote "I can't" do this. "I did cut it with my hatchet" "tell a lie" |
| #4410, aired 2003-11-07 | EATERS DIGEST $400: In 1990 he proclaimed, "I do not like broccoli, and I haven't liked it since I was a little kid..." George H. Bush |
| #4368, aired 2003-09-10 | "BIG" & "LITTLE" $200: At 8'2", he's over a foot taller than his best friend Snuffleupagus Big Bird |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | ANIMALS IN LITERATURE $400: Karait is a little one of these killed by Rikki-Tikki-Tavi snake |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | A "LITTLE" MUSIC $1600: This line precedes "And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime" "God didn't make little green apples" |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | HARD CANDY $600: These bite-sized "Rich & Creamy" hard candies from Nestle have a name that means "little bites" Nips |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | A LITTLE R&R $600: "She'll have fun fun fun 'til her daddy takes" this vehicle "away" T-Bird |
| #4189, aired 2002-11-14 | ARE YOU EATING RIGHT? $1200: Sweet & sour sauce is a popular dip for these fried Chinese dumplings for which a soup is also named won tons |
| #4113, aired 2002-06-19 | TCHOTCHKES $1000: Who's a good puppy? He's the cute little doggy-schmoggy seen here, from this factory near Dresden-Wesden Meissen |
| #4085, aired 2002-05-10 | SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE $200: If you have this adjective before your name, like Nell or Eva, don't bother planning for your old age Little |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD CLUES $1000: 52 across:
What the queasy rodeo rider didn't feel like
(1,7,5) a million bucks |
| #4077, aired 2002-04-30 | OH, YOU ANIMAL! $400: The aardwolf, seen here, isn't really a wolf, but is actually more closely related to this laugher a hyena |
| #3948, aired 2001-10-31 | HISTORICAL TRICK OR TREAT $1000: (Ding dong! Don't wig out, it's just Sarah of the Clue Crew.) I'm Marie Antoinette, but at my Revolutionary trial, I was simply known as "the Widow" this Capet |
| #3875, aired 2001-06-08 | KEMAL ATATURK $3,300 (Daily Double): During WWI, Ataturk played a crucial military role in repelling the Allied invasion of this Turkish peninsula Gallipoli |
| #3863, aired 2001-05-23 | STYLIN' LIKE LARRY KING $400: Mary had a little lamb but I don't eat veal...I think Ryan Stiles' & Wayne Brady's improv on this show is tops! Whose Line Is It Anyway? |
| #3789, aired 2001-02-08 | "V" WORDS $100: It's the 6-letter "V" word for what Lance's bird, seen here, is about to do vanish |
| #3781, aired 2001-01-29 | SOLAR SYSTEM TOUR $200: Don't blink or you'll miss this little guy, a planet that's smaller than Earth's moon Pluto |
| #3773, aired 2001-01-17 | 20th CENTURY STUFF $100: When Marconi transmitted the letter "S" across the Atlantic in 1901, it was in this form Morse code |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | BOOKS FOR YOUR DOG $400: Your dog notes the Wizard gave the Scarecrow a brain & the Lion courage, but this little dog didn't even get a bone Toto |
| #3571, aired 2000-02-28 | NOTED NATIVE AMERICANS $600: Of Meadowlark, Geese or Curly, the Crow who served as a scout for Custer at Little Big Horn Curly |
| #3472, aired 1999-10-12 | A LITTLE DICKENS $500: It's no mystery why this work was Dickens' last; he didn't live to finish it The Mystery of Edwin Drood |
| #3448, aired 1999-09-08 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: This actress who's been in "E.T." & "Never Been Kissed" was a little scamp when she was your age Drew Barrymore |
| #3437, aired 1999-07-13 | "W"RITERS $400: Raised on a farm, she didn't begin writing her "Little House" series until she was 65 Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| #3431, aired 1999-07-05 | "HOUSE" MUSIC $800: This song was a hit for John Mellencamp in 1984: ain't that America? "Pink Houses" |
| #3422, aired 1999-06-22 | I KNOW THAT SONG $400: "I see a little silhouetto of a man, scaramouche, scaramouche, will you do the fandango" "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
| #3297, aired 1998-12-29 | JINGLES ALL THE WAY $300: You don't need a lot because with this product "A little dab'll do ya" Brylcreem |
| #3287, aired 1998-12-15 | THE BODY HUMAN $400: Drumroll please... the eardrum is also known as this membrane the tympanic membrane |
| #3279, aired 1998-12-03 | FABULOUS BAKER GIRLS $1,000 (Daily Double): Margaret Rudkin named this company after her family's farm in Connecticut Pepperidge Farm |
| #3230, aired 1998-09-25 | POETS & POETRY $400: A tasty little verse by Ogden Nash says, "I don't mind eels except as" these Meals |
| #3138, aired 1998-04-01 | DAY $900 (Daily Double): Doris earned an Oscar nomination for her chatty role in this 1959 film, seen here:
"Who is that woman?"
"Some little eavesdropper on my party line--she's always listening in. It's how she brightens up her drab, empty life."
"If I could get a call through once in a while, my life wouldn't be so drab!" Pillow Talk |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | BEGINS & ENDS WITH P $400: Little Bo knows this isn't a lamb sound, but a baby bird noise peep |
| #3114, aired 1998-02-26 | LET'S GET MARRIED! $300 (Daily Double): There wasn't a traditional song for this pair to dance to at the reception until the following was written:
"You filled my life /
With so much joy /
As I watched you grow /
From that little boy" the groom and his mom |
| #3042, aired 1997-11-18 | MOM'S A BAD COOK $600: Mom's lasagna turns out a little too crisp because she doesn't boil these before baking Noodles |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | FOODS THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "Q" $600: This savory pie can have bacon bits added to the custard filling quiche |
| #2991, aired 1997-09-08 | NEXT LINE, PLEASE $1,500 (Daily Double): "Look out for me a little bit, you shoulda taken care of me just a little bit so I wouldn't have to take them dives for the short end money; I had some bets down for you, you saw some money; you know then, I coulda had class..." "I coulda been a contender!" |
| #2762, aired 1996-09-10 | IN THE NEWS $500 (Daily Double): Summer 1996 event whose route is depicted here the Olympic torch relay |
| #2707, aired 1996-05-14 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: In this Hans Christian Andersen tale, a little child remarks "He doesn't have anything on!" The Emperor's New Clothes |
| #2688, aired 1996-04-17 | MOTHER GOOSE $300: Little Boy Blue's location asleep in the hay (under the haystack) |
| #2685, aired 1996-04-12 | OLD BASEBALL TEAMS $400: In 1890 this city had a team called the Bisons; a little redundant, don't you think? Buffalo |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | WOMEN IN RELIGION $400: In "Retrospection And Introspection", she told of her experiences with the science of Christian healing Mary Baker Eddy |
| #2534, aired 1995-09-14 | PUZZLES & GAMES $100: The largest of these was over 50,000 square feet; a much smaller one had the most pieces, 204,484 a jigsaw puzzle (*picture puzzle) |
| #2515, aired 1995-07-07 | MUSICAL THEATRE $3,000 (Daily Double): 1966 Jerry Herman musical that features the following:
"For we need a little Christmas /
Right this very minute /
Candles in the window /
Carols at the spinet /
Yes, we need a little Christmas /
Right this very minute /
It hasn't snowed a single flurry /
But Santa, dear, we're in a hurry /
So climb down the chimney /
Put up the brightest string of lights I've ever seen..." Mame |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | CAKES & PASTRIES $900 (Daily Double): The name of this tiny iced cake is French for "little oven" a petit four |
| #2387, aired 1995-01-10 | "OF" $400: "It doesn't take much to see that the problems of 3 little people don't amount to" this "in this crazy world" a hill of beans |
| #2315, aired 1994-09-30 | NURSERY RHYMES $200: The kind of low seat little Miss Muffet sat on; it wasn't spider-proof A tuffet |
| #2219, aired 1994-04-07 | CLICHES $500: A small boy is called a "little" one of these, though he probably doesn't use a razor a shaver |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | SONG LYRICS $500: "The winds grow colder and suddenly you're older and all because of" this the man that got away |
| #2032, aired 1993-06-08 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the name of the "Little Helicopter" in a 1989 book by the Duchess of York Budgie |
| #2006, aired 1993-05-03 | SPELLING $200: It's a little cube of fried or toasted bread that's tossed on top of a salad C-R-O-U-T-O-N |
| #1997, aired 1993-04-20 | THE OLD WEST $200: With little wood, Texas didn't have many fences until this was invented; it started a range war barbed wire |
| #1907, aired 1992-12-15 | ZOOLOGY $100: This animal used in bathtubs doesn't have a nervous system a sponge |
| #1907, aired 1992-12-15 | U.S. CITIES $400: Over twice as many people live in this most populous Missouri city as in the city that shares its name in another state Kansas City, Missouri |
| #1878, aired 1992-11-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600 (Daily Double): This actor received a 1991 Tony nomination for the show in which he sang the following:
"Never met a man I didn't like / Highfalutin' gent or bowery bum" Keith Carradine |
| #1870, aired 1992-10-23 | BY GEORGE $200: 1916's "When You Want 'Em, You Can't Get 'Em" was his first published song; "Swanee" came a little later George Gershwin |
| #1842, aired 1992-09-15 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: She joined the Sisters of Loreto in 1928 & founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1948 Mother Teresa |
| #1795, aired 1992-05-22 | FOOD FACTS $400: Of chocolate, cheese or chili peppers, the one you're most likely to find in bishop's bread chocolate |
| #1738, aired 1992-03-04 | "T" TIME $400: A quisling isn't a little quiz show, it's a synonym for this traitor |
| #1695, aired 1992-01-03 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: Hans Christian Andersen story in which a little child says, "But he hasn't got anything on” The Emperor's (New) Clothes |
| #1690, aired 1991-12-27 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $500 (Daily Double): In Roman numerals, it's the first year of the 21st century MMI |
| #1648, aired 1991-10-30 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY! $400: I drove around "Vega$" in a little red T-Bird & drove around Boston in a '65 Mustang Robert Urich |
| #1639, aired 1991-10-17 | GETTING MARRIED $100: The extended cathedral length of one of these is over 9 feet long & doesn’t include a dining car a train |
| #1585, aired 1991-06-21 | AUTHORS' NICKNAMES $600: "The Fourth Musketeer" Alexandre Dumas père |
| #1565, aired 1991-05-24 | DRAMA $1,000 (Daily Double): "Another Part of the Forest" is a prequel to this Lillian Hellman play The Little Foxes |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | 1980s ROCK $700 (Daily Double): He had the only a capella hit ever to reach No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart with the following:
"Here's a little song I wrote /
You might want to sing it note for note /
Don't worry, be happy..." Bobby McFerrin |
| #1513, aired 1991-03-13 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: Greed & lust for power release vicious passions in a Southern family in her play "The Little Foxes" Lillian Hellman |
| #1428, aired 1990-11-14 | MOVIE TRIVIA $300: Diane Lane & T. Bernard found "A Little Romance" under the Bridge of Sighs in this city Venice |
| #1424, aired 1990-11-08 | MUSICAL THEATER $400: In this musical based on a Roger Corman film, no one heeds the musical warning, "Don't feed the plants!" Little Shop of Horrors |
| #1252, aired 1990-01-30 | FOOD TRIVIA $300 (Daily Double): This song, with a food in the title, made No. 2 on the pop charts in 1968:
"Oh, I wake up in the morning, with my hair down in my eyes, and she says Hi!, and I stumble to the breakfast table while the kids are off to school..." "Little Green Apples" |
| #1236, aired 1990-01-08 | U.S. HISTORY $500: The Cajuns migrated to Louisiana from there Nova Scotia |
| #1164, aired 1989-09-28 | MONTHS $300: The 2 months that fit in a 4-letter word category June & July |
| #1124, aired 1989-06-22 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "H" $2,000 (Daily Double): Last name of the composer who wrote the music to this song, B. Streisand's 1st million-selling single:
"Memories / Light the corners of my mind / Misty water-colored memories / Of the way we were..." Marvin Hamlisch |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB $300: His recitation of the poem in 1877 didn't amaze people until he played it back Thomas Edison |
| #1103, aired 1989-05-24 | 10-LETTER NAMES $100: Read his lips; he's the 41st president of the United States George Bush |
| #1103, aired 1989-05-24 | ADDRESSES $200: At night you'll have no trouble spotting this stadium at 1060 W. Addison St., Chicago--it's now lighted Wrigley Field |
| #1020, aired 1989-01-27 | VOCABULARY $500: Shame on you if you don't know that a shaman is one of these witch doctor |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | FRENCH FOOD TERMS $1000: Though in French it means "white food", it actually refers to a pudding thickened with constarch blancmange |
| #915, aired 1988-07-22 | IN OTHER WORDS... $500: An orbiting tart pie in the sky |
| #873, aired 1988-05-25 | MAN IN SPACE $600: If they haven't been towed away by now, there are still 3 of these U.S. 4-wheel vehicles parked on the Moon lunar rovers |
| #838, aired 1988-04-06 | FOLK SONGS $200: "Hush little baby, don't say a word, Papa's gonna buy you" one of these a mockingbird |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | FAIRY TALES $200: Tale in which a little child says, "But (he) hasn't got anything on" "The Emperor's New Clothes" |
| #777, aired 1988-01-12 | WORD PLAY $600 (Daily Double): The 1st word in "Little Miss Muffet" that can be replaced by a symbol found on std. typewriters and |
| #738, aired 1987-11-18 | STAMPS & COINS $500: Till caught in 1987, CIA employees plotted to profit from a poster misprint featuring this design Candleholder |
| #679, aired 1987-07-16 | FABLES & TALES $100: Of a house of mud, sticks, or bricks, the 1 you won't find in "The 3 Little Pigs" mud |
| #655, aired 1987-06-12 | '50s POP $500 (Daily Double): The following was 1 of his 4 Top 40 hits in the '50s with a girl's name in the title:
"Lucille, you won't do your sister's will? Oh, Lucille..." Little Richard |
| #645, aired 1987-05-29 | COLORFUL NAMES $900 (Daily Double): Singer of the following, his name is a little dull for the category:
"And I'm feelin' the strain, ain't it a shame? / Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul / I wanna get lost in your rock 'n' roll and drift away..." Dobie Gray |
| #626, aired 1987-05-04 | ROCK & ROLL SIBLINGS $400 (Daily Double): Consisting of 2 sisters & a cousin, they're the trio heard here:
"So won't you please (Be my, be my baby) / Be my little baby? (My one and only baby) / Say you'll be my darling (Be my, be my baby) / Be my baby now (My one and only baby)" the Ronettes |
| #624, aired 1987-04-30 | "FORT"s $300 (Daily Double): Home of TV cavalry unit whose theme was the following:
"His medal of honor pleased and thrilled / His proud little family group / While pinning it on some blood was spilled / And so it was planned he'd command F Troop / Where Indian fights are colorful sights and nobody takes a lickin'..." Fort Courage |
| #624, aired 1987-04-30 | NURSERY RHYMES $500: Perhaps Little Tommy Tucker's voice wasn't that great, since all he got for supper was this white bread & butter |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | COTTON $300 (Daily Double): Of a pup tent, a man's shirt, or a knee sock, the 1 that would use up just the cotton in this mini-bale: a man's shirt |
| #598, aired 1987-03-25 | RELIGION $200: While an atheist believes God doesn't exist, an agnostic believes this about God we can't be sure if he exists |
| #592, aired 1987-03-17 | BOGIE $300: "The problems of 3 little people don't amount to a hill o' beans in this crazy world" Casablanca |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | ETIQUETTE $500: Amy Vanderbilt says on business trips they should have different rooms on different floors a boss & his secretary |
| #556, aired 1987-01-26 | CIVIL WAR GENERALS $200: He wasn't made commander of Union forces until a little over a year before war's end Grant |
| #527, aired 1986-12-16 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: Cheesebrough-Pond's is #1 in cold cream, nail polish remover, & this pasta topping spaghetti sauce |
| #477, aired 1986-10-07 | DADDIES $500 (Daily Double): Cole Porter wrote this, Mary Martin made it famous, & Count Basie plays it here:
["Instrumental music plays"] "My Heart Belongs To Daddy" |
| #459, aired 1986-09-11 | "LITTLE" SONGS $200: It was Jan & Dean, not the Beach Boys, who made it a hit in 1964 "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" |
| #446, aired 1986-05-26 | SINGING GEMS $500 (Daily Double): Group which had the following, their biggest hit in 1957:
"Ah, ya ya ya ya, ya ya ya ya, ya ya ya ya / Little darling oh little darling" The Diamonds |
| #437, aired 1986-05-13 | THE 1950's $800: In 1959, this int'l figure appeared on CBS' "Person to Person" in pajamas rather than fatigues (Fidel) Castro |
| #436, aired 1986-05-12 | SPORTS $400: In 1985, 1st time in the 39 year history, a team from this country wasn't in Little League World Series the United States |
| #423, aired 1986-04-23 | ASTRONOMY $400: This planet is only about ¾ as dense as water, so it probably wouldn’t leave “rings” in the bathtub Saturn |
| #419, aired 1986-04-17 | ETIQUETTE $400: In a European theater, you face this way when passing others already seated in your row towards the people who are seated with your back to the stage |
| #395, aired 1986-03-14 | DOUBLE MEANINGS $200: The bottom floor when they're building a skyscraper or Steve Allen's theme (this) may be the start of something big ("This Could Be The Start Of Something Big" |
| #394, aired 1986-03-13 | RIVER SONGS $400 (Daily Double): In England many say this Phil Spector song written for T. Turner is greatest pop record ever: "When I was a little girl, I had a rag doll / It was the only doll that I've ever owned..." "River Deep, Mountain High" |
| #391, aired 1986-03-10 | "LITTLE" SONGS $800 (Daily Double): #1 Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams duet which sounded like it couldn't make up its mind "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" |
| #372, aired 1986-02-11 | CASABLANCA $100: According to Rick, "The problems of three little people" in this world don't amount to this "a hill of beans" |
| #306, aired 1985-11-11 | A.K.A. $300: If you don't believe she was born Shirley Beaty, ask her little brother Warren Shirley MacLaine |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | UTILITIES $100: Both the U.S. & Canada draw electricity by harnessing this natural wonder on their border Niagara Falls |
| #182, aired 1985-05-21 | LITERATURE $600: Occupation of Silas, whose "Death" is title & subject of Robert Frost poem hired man |
| #175, aired 1985-05-10 | "LITTLE" $1,300 (Daily Double): Broadway musical from which the following song comes:
"Isn't it rich? / Are we a pair?" A Little Night Music |
| #159, aired 1985-04-18 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: His '64 film biography was called "Your Cheatin' Heart" Hank Williams |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | TREES $1,800 (Daily Double): “Botanical” name of this Scott Joplin tune: "The Maple Leaf Rag" |
| #129, aired 1985-03-07 | "T" TIME $300: To express gratitude or if you lisp, what happened to the Titanic thank |
| #113, aired 1985-02-13 | DOGS $400: This wolfhound's name comes from Russian for "swift" borzoi |
| #112, aired 1985-02-12 | GOLDEN OLDIES $300: Running Bear loved her with a love that couldn't die Little White Dove |
| #101, aired 1985-01-28 | MOVIES $400: 1984 fantasy that sounds like a painting of siesta scenery Dreamscape |
| #64, aired 1984-12-06 | CABLE TV $900 (Daily Double): Comedy group which went from CBC to NBC to Cinemax SCTV |
| #63, aired 1984-12-05 | MATHEMATICS $800: Total meters in a hectometer 100 |
| #45, aired 1984-11-09 | TV TRIVIA $200: Diminutive name for Our Gang the Little Rascals |
| #23, aired 1984-10-10 | LITERARY QUOTES $200: According to Ogden Nash, though “candy is dandy”, this “is quicker” liquor |
| #4, aired 1984-09-13 | TRIVIA $100: In 1983 Americans used over 1¼ million gallons of this beach product suntan lotion |
| #4, aired 1984-09-13 | ANATOMY $3,500 (Daily Double): Prominent zygomatic bones, considered an attractive facial feature cheek bones |
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Chris Rodrigues, a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Season 26 3-time champion: $41,498 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
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"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
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2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
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Dan Pawson, a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
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"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
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Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Okemos, Michigan at...
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Leah Anthony Libresco, a junior from Yale University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Mineola, New York. Jeopardy!...
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Roger Craig, a computer scientist from Newark, Delaware
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
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"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
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Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College
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"His early interest in cryptozoology has been replaced by a history...
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Curtis Joseph, a sophomore from Scottsdale Community College
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"In 1999, his nickname was 'Curtles the Troll', and he wanted...
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Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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Lisa Makar, a senior from University of Maryland
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"As a seventh grader, she was planning a career as a...
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Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 22 and from Hershey, PA at...
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James Grant, a junior from Georgetown University
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Manhattan Beach,...
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Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
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"He's received critical acclaim on Broadway and on TV, and his...
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Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
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Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Kerri Regan, a senior from Bethpage, New York
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
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Charles Shaughnessy, an actor from Mad Men
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"As Shane Donovan on Days of Our Lives, he won three...
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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
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"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
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Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
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John Beck, an associate creative director from Torrance, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $29,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Patrick Quinn, a high school German teacher from Chesterfield, Missouri
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"He teaches at a school whose history goes back to a...
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Erin McLean, a junior at Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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Melanie Baker-Streevy, a United Methodist pastor from Parma, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000. Melanie Baker-Streevy - A...
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Tom Morris, a substitute teacher and grad student from Irvine, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 4-time champion: $100,801...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
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Brooks Humphreys, a high school social studies teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
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"He teaches at an all-girls Catholic school operated by the Sisters...
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Anderson Cooper, a news anchor and correspondent from CNN
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"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
|
"He's one of the greatest NBA players in history. Here's Hall...
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Elizabeth Galoozis, a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 26 2-time champion: $38,801 + $2,000. Elizabeth Galoozis - A...
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Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina
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2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Rachel Horn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2008-A Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
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"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
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Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer and TV personality from the QVC Network
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"His fashion designs are a favorite among celebrities on the red...
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Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California
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2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
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Lewis Black, a stand-up comedian from Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
|
"With success in films, plays, books, and TV specials, he tours...
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Bernard Holloway, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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"He was a 2002 Teen Champion. He's now a sophomore at...
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Anderson Cooper, an anchor from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
|
"As a baby, he was photographed by Diane Arbus of Harper's...
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Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Brooklyn, New York...
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Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
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2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
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Jill Bunzendahl Chimka, a speech and language pathologist from Washington, D.C.
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2003 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $85,099...
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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
|
"In 2003, he became the first to win a quarter of...
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Chuck Forrest, an attorney for the UN IFAD from Marino, Italy
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\"In 1986, he was a law student living in Grand Blanc,...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Rachel "Steve" Cooke, a senior from Fishers, Indiana
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2008-A Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000. 17 at the time of...
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Vera Swain, a junior from the University of South Carolina
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Charleston, SC...
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Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"The 1-day record of $34,000 he set in 1992 stood for...
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Dillon McCormick, a twelve-year-old from Erlanger, Kentucky
|
"A politician, maybe. An archaeologist, perhaps. Or a psychologist like grandpa....
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Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
|
"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
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Jane Kaczmarek, a TV, film and Broadway actress from Malcolm in the Middle and Raising the Bar
|
"She went from playing a hard-nosed mom in Malcolm in the...
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Scott Turow, a bestselling novelist and practicing attorney from Chicago, Illinois
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"He's sold more than 25 million copies of his novels worldwide...
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Patrick Tucker, a graduate student of public policy from St. Louis, Missouri
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Jackson Ruzzo, a 12-year-old from Waccabuc, New York
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"He wants to be a Broadway actor, because he likes to...
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Vik Vaz, a medical student from Austin, Texas
|
2006 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000. Season 22 3-time champion:...
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Soledad O'Brien, an anchor and special correspondent from CNN's Special Investigations Unit
|
"Currently the host of CNN's Special Investigations Unit, she's received critical...
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Brad Brown, a theater teacher from Nashville, Tennessee
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"And he is a theater teacher at an international baccalaureate certified...
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Chris Miller, a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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Vinita Kailasanath, a recent college graduate originally from Laurel, Maryland
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Crystal Durham, a 12-year-old from Fort Pierce, Florida
|
"She would like to be an Irish stepdancing teacher, because dancing...
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Emily Riippa, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Grand Rapids, Michigan
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"She is a fast reader, and her mother says she was...
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Jason Zollinger, an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000. Season...
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Shane Whitlock, a resident physician from Little Rock, Arkansas
|
"As a junior at the University of Arkansas, he won the...
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Prashant Raghavendran, a sophomore from the University of Texas, Dallas
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Austin, Texas. Prashant Raghavendran Blog...
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David Madden, a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Rebecca Lobo, a future Women\'s Basketball Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst originally from the WNBA
|
\"Later this year, she\'ll be inducted into the Women\'s Basketball Hall...
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Pam Mueller, an entering law student originally from Chicago, Illinois
|
\"Representing Loyola University, she won the College Championship in November, 2000....
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Jonathan Corbblah, a chess teacher from Harlem, New York
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Jonathan appeared as a...
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Terry Parker, a high school history teacher from Cutler Bay, Florida
|
"Don't try to pin down this wrestling coach, history teacher, and...
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Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Oak Hill, Virginia
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"His 5 wins in 1999 made him one of the most...
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Folake Dosu, a senior from Stanford University from Bellwood, Illinois
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Quinn McDonald, an inventory control manager from Lowville, New York
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $20,600 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Mighty Q
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Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
|
"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
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Michael Blake, a 12-year-old from Hamburg, New York
|
"Our top story tonight is this young man, who wants to...
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Mario Cantone, an actor and comedian from Sex and the City
|
\"He played Anthony Marentino, the wedding planner with an attitude, on...
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Nick Yozamp, a biology student from St. Cloud, Minnesota
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Robin Quivers, a radio and television personality from The Howard Stern Show
|
"Howard Stern's news anchor and sidekick for the past 28 years,...
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Kendra Pettis, a junior from Oberlin College
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\"She hadn\'t settled on a career goal at age 11. Now...
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Emily Zhang, from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"A National Science Merit Award recipient, she plans on becoming a...
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Kurt Bray, a scientist from Oceanside, California
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"A 5-time winner in 1994, he used some of his winnings...
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John Beck, a creative director from Torrance, California
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"He played in 2003, and was the last retired 5-time champ...
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Pian Wong, a high school English teacher from New York, New York
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"She teaches at a Bronx school that's been ranked the most...
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Katie Gill, a sophomore from Jackson, Mississippi
|
2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Leatrice Potter, from Olney, Illinois
|
"This published poet likes to read at any free moment and...
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Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
|
"He was a legal assistant living near D.C. when he won...
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Justin Otor, a 12-year-old from Texarkana, Texas
|
"His chosen profession will be something in the field of science...
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Regina Merrill, from Lincoln, Nebraska
|
"She's very good at writing stories and poetry, but her love...
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Naren Tallapragada, a junior from Burke, Virginia
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2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Tommy Hoyt, from Winnetka, Illinois
|
"Journalism may very well be in his future as he feels...
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Edward Lee, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Sacramento, California
|
"Of the numerous projects he has completed, making gliders and bottle...
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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
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Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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Buddy Wright, an operations engineer from Fort Worth, Texas
|
2011 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 26 4-time champion:...
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Jesse Cuevas, a corporate lawyer originally from Leawood, Kansas
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $65,981 + $2,000. Brother of Season 30...
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Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York
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Season 25 2-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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Rose Schaefer, a junior from Portland, Oregon
|
2012 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $36,000. 16 at...
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Dmitry Spivak, a junior from Northwestern University
|
"The 11-year-old wasn't really kidding when he said he wanted to...
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Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
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Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
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Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
|
2009 College Championship second runner-up: $29,900. 22 and from Richmond, Virginia...
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Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Jen McFann, a Peace Corps recruiter from Astoria, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $19,410 + $2,000. Jen McFann Astoria, New...
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Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $4,700 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Marissa Goldsmith, a web developer from Springfield, Virginia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marteena
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Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
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"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
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Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
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Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000. Enrique Machado September 16,...
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Kori Tyler, a high school teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
|
Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
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Celeste DiNucci, a recent graduate student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Mark Wales, a substitute teacher from Amherst, New York
|
2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $141,804...
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Ari Stern, a mathematician from San Diego, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,201 + $1,000.
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Lisa Klink, a TV writer from Los Angeles, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $70,150...
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Paul Glaser, a research scientist from Albany, New York
|
2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Jason Richards, a pharmacy technician from Old Town, Maine
|
2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 22 4-time champion: $99,200 + $2,000.
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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Amanda Sonmor, a virtual assistant originally from Denver, Colorado
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $21,501 + $1,000.
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Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
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Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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Cathy Lanctot, a law professor from Wilmington, Delaware
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Fred Cofone, a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "kuh-FONE".
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Amanda Walker, a junior at Gonzaga University from East Wenatchee, Washington
|
2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Ben Goldman, a sophomore at New York University from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
|
2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Son of Season 17 1-time champion Marjorie Goldman.
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Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
|
Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Matt Kohlstedt, a grad student originally from La Grange, Illinois
|
2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 25 5-time champion: $77,803 + $2,000.
|
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Tara Franey, a senior from Michigan State University
|
2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tarafraney
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Katie James, a sophomore from Winchester, Virginia
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Kelley Burd, a junior at West Virginia University from Bristol, West Virginia
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2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Saad Hasan, a nanotechnology scientist from Nashville, Tennessee
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $22,700 + $2,000. Saad Hasan Nashville, TN...
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Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
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2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
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Aaron Schroeder, a grad student from San Diego, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions second runner-up: $50,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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Peter Severson, a senior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Ben Schenkel, a junior from Allentown, Pennsylvania
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2007 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $42,800. 17 at...
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Cerulean Ozarow, an 11-year-old from Brooklyn, New York
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"His future is full of options. He wants to become either...
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Kerry Breitenbach, a marketing analyst from Cleveland, Ohio
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 21 5-time champion: $90,400...
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Vito Cortese, a software engineer and Italian translator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $68,485 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Lindsey Hargrove, a senior at the University of Texas from Bellaire, Texas
|
2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Mother's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: collegemom
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Chuck Todd, a journalist and chief White House correspondent from NBC News and Meet the Press
|
"Chief White House correspondent and political director for NBC News, he...
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David Walter, a senior from Wilmington, Delaware
|
2007 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 17 at the...
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Erin Bogart, a junior at Miami University of Ohio from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Erin was 20 at the time...
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Rachel Rothenberg, a senior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. Jeopardy! Message Board...
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Sam Ott, a graduate student from Los Angeles, California
|
2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19/20 4-time champion: $67,102 + $1,000.
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Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $42,599 + $2,000.
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Regina Robbins, an arts teacher from New York, New York
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $90,700...
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Jeff Spoeri, a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida
|
2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Mike Nelson, a mechanical engineer from Geneva, Illinois
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Season 27 2-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Yevgeny Shrago, a research assistant originally from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,600 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "yev-GHEN-ee...
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Tom Toal, an orthopedic surgeon from Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Season 27 1-time champion: $12,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Susan Mitchell, a chemical engineer from Houston, Texas
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2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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James Erwin, a writer from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 25 2-time champion: $22,598 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Lindsey Nicolai, a junior from Hampton, Virginia
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Camille Bullock, a senior from New Orleans, Louisiana
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Camille88
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Kate Wadman, a junior from Tucson, Arizona
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2011 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jeopartygirl
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Mitchell Vogel, from Madison, Wisconsin
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"This future governor of Wisconsin enjoys rollerblading, reading, and playing saxophone....
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Seth Alcorn, a bookstore supervisor from Alexandria, Virginia
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2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 19 3-time champion: $106,400 + $1,000.
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Dave Belote, a recently retired base commander from Woodbridge, Virginia
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Christian Haines, a college student originally from Newport News, Virginia
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2007 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Laura Ansley, a senior from Twinsburg, Ohio
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Matthew Cline, a 12-year-old from Maumelle, Arkansas
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"John Grisham's books have inspired him. He's firm. He wants to...
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David Faber, an anchor and reporter from CNBC's Squawk on the Street and The Faber Report
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"The winner of Emmy, Peabody, DuPont, and Loeb awards, he's a...
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Matt Olson, a sophomore at Stanford University from Berkeley, California
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 at the time of the...
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Carl Bradshaw, a financial manager from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 27 2-time champion: $17,899 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Titmouse
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Christopher Meloni, an Emmy-nominated actor from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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"He's played challenging roles on both sides of the law, including...
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Joon Pahk, a college physics teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 28 7-time champion: $199,000 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: jpahk
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Phoebe Juel, a bookseller from Sylva, North Carolina
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"She won the 1993 College Championship while attending Grinnell College. Today...
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Dave Abbott, a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
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"He won the 1999 Tournament of Champions. A musician and licensing...
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student and newlywed from Fort Collins, Colorado
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"He won the most recent Tournament of Champions. A graduate student...
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Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
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"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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Christopher Short, a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 6-time champion: $94,752...
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Michela Rodriguez, from Poway, California
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"This future author created a board game and had to compete...
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Caitlin Cook, a sophomore from Arden, North Carolina
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Ellen Lewis, a retired high school math teacher from Mount Vernon, New York
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Season 28 1-time champion: $10,000 + $1,000.
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Whitney Dearden, an 11-year-old from Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
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"She enjoys working with animals and would like to become a...
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Joseph Graumann, a junior from Mays Landing, New Jersey
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Tom Baker, a writer from Tokyo, Japan
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2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 20 3-time champion: $102,300 + $2,000.
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Kathy Cassity, a closed captioner from Honolulu, Hawaii
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $59,200....
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Anshika Niraj, a sophomore from Beachwood, Ohio
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2012 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Tom Zamojcin, a digital marketing manager from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 1-time champion: $22,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "zam-MOH-chin".
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Charlie Penrod, an assistant professor of law from Natchitoches, Louisiana
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,000 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: CharlieP
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Steven Milton, a legal case assistant from San Diego, California
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Season 26 2-time champion: $30,299 + $1,000. Steve Milton San Diego,...
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Jack Archey, an actor and writer from Los Angeles, California
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"He was a CPA and comedian when he won his 5th...
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Jason McCune, an actor originally from Jasper, Indiana
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 18 4-time champion: $90,041.
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Haley Batz, a senior from Charlotte, North Carolina
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "BOTS". Jeopardy!...
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Ann Thurlow, an aspiring novelist and retired salesperson from Mendham, New Jersey
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Season 28 1-time champion: $26,805 + $1,000.
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Zack Terrill, a senior at Vanderbilt University from Winter Springs, Florida
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2012 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 21 at...
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Olivia Woods, a 12-year-old from Cincinnati, Ohio
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"She loves working with little kids and would like to become...
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Evan Stewart, a sophomore from Frankfort, Kentucky
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2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Evan was 15 at the time...
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Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama
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2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
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Maxwell Baldi, a ten-year-old from Los Angeles, California
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"This future U.S. attorney general has always been interested in the...
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Russ Porter, a water systems engineer from Seattle, Washington
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,001 + $2,000.
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Martin Short, a multitalented man from Fame Becomes Me
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"Jiminy Glick and Ed Grimley are among his many memorable characters....
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Steve Golden, a junior from Brookeville, Maryland
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Pam Jones-Pigott, a farmers' market coordinator from Pflugerville, Texas
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Season 27 1-time champion: $16,800 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "johnz-PIE-gut".
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Sara Terrell, a veterinary technician from Windsor, Connecticut
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Mike Scott, an eleven-year-old from Lake Villa, Illinois
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"He really likes doing challenging projects in school, but hates doing...
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Nicole Savin, an eleven-year-old from Lindenhurst, New York
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"This little 4'4" New York Yankees fan and her friends started...
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Sarah Bauer, a junior at Indiana University from Carmel, Indiana
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2012 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 at the time of the...
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Katie Baxter, a 10-year-old from Glenside, Pennsylvania
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"She has already won a presidential award. So why not the...
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Sean Ryan, a cab driver from State College, Pennsylvania
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Raphie Cantor, a sophomore from San Diego, California
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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LeeAundra Temescu, a communications coach originally from Troy, Michigan
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Season 22 1-time champion: $20,001 + $2,000.
Web site at thecontrarypublicspeaker.com.
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Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Pete Troyan, a senior from the University of Michigan
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2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 at the time of the...
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Doug Dorst, a writer and professor from Austin, Texas
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 22 3-time champion: $66,802...
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Tommy Maranges, a junior from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Hema Karunakaram, a senior from Saline, Michigan
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2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Name pronounced like "HAY-ma kah-ROO-nuh-KAH-ram". Jeopardy!...
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Sandra McClellan, a granny nanny from Arlington, Texas
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Season 27 1-time champion: $4,199 + $2,000.
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Paige Feldman, a sophomore from St. Louis, Missouri
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2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Jonathan Gillerman, a senior from Staten Island, New York
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2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Andrew Goldfein, a 12-year-old from Lincolnwood, Illinois
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"He likes to argue and help people, so it's off to...
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Katie Orphan, a freshman at Whitworth College from Reno, Nevada
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2002 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Caroline Bartman, a senior from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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